Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 8 January 1885 — Page 9

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MARQUIS DE LEUVTLLE. SifS«

[Photographed by Kurtz, New York.] Since tho demise of the la to Count Johannes no representative of the titled no* bili ty of monarchical Europe has attracted a tithe of tho attention at present accorded to William Redivius Olivier, the Marquis de Leuville, at present sojourning in New York, and of all tho notables in our broad land none possess more marked individual* characteristics than the marquis. Abetter idea of his appearance can be obtained from the foregoing full length portrait of him than- columns of description would give. Shortly after his arrival on our shores one of the New York dailies deicribed him as being "the finest upholstered article that ever entored the country free of duty." Another paper claimed to know that like tho cornotist Levy, the marquis* real old country name was O'Shaughnessy. This could not be, for his ancestry is well known in London where he was born, and where he is familiarly known as "young wax works," probably from the fact that he married a daughter of Mme. Tussaud, of wax works fame. Hi*

whiskers were likened by The New York JTorld to those of an "Austrian general on horseback," and they are undoubtedly the most remarkable exhibit in their line since Louis Kossuth was with us. This same paper has hinted knowingly that the shrewd Mrs. Frank Leslie, the marquis' fiancee, is using him for advertising purposes. All this and •A similar badinage the nobleman has majestic ically ignored, but when a doubt was thrown on the right of the marquis to his title by

The World, then only was his chivalrous spirit aroused, resulting in his appeal to our courts to grant him $25,000 for libel. At the trial it is expected all the noted genealogists of blue bloo.led New England will appear, and dude-infested New York may be treated to an exhibition of parchments, seals, signets, helmets, battle flags, and all kindi of ancestral ghosts and heraldry sufficient to make their giddy heads swim. The proceeds of this and other libel suits about to be instituted the marquis has with princely generosity promised shall be devoted to charity. Besides being a painter of marked ability, it is as a poet that his talent shines with the greater effulgence. Quoting, from a recently published volume of his poems "Life" says: "None other than a full-fledged marquis, with no end of stars and garters (and perhaps corsets), could have written such lines as these: "She is more loved than my heart's first love, yv ?r:&Ap

For there never was one as this is Her breath is the swerve of a long lemon grove,

And her mouth is the gateway of kisses." And if you tire of the melodious murmurs of bis love poems, you can find depths of philosophy which it would stump the Concord school to fathom. How the venerable •age who invented the "thingness of the here" wonld delight in such abstruse verm as these: "While the Past saith to the Is to be: 'It matters not. It matters not.'"

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Versatile New York Kditor.

I. H. GREGORY.

No newspaper in New York is better edited than The Graphic. In cleanness as well as clearness of speech it is the superior ot meet of them, and in

onghtness and sense .behind none. Its editor, Mr. I. M. Gregory, is one of the hardest workers in the metropolitan editorial fraternity, and also one of the ablest. He begun his journalistic career when sixteen years old, and has been at the desk almost without intermission «ver since, thirty years, perhaps. He is still a comparatively young man not-yet in sight of 50.

The Schenectady Star was his starting point. He held entire charge of it for several years. Afterward ho was managing editor of The Troy Whig, and nine years associate editor oi Tha Rochester Democrat and Ohronicle. It was on this paper that Mr. Gregory made his reputation as one of the wittiest para? graphistB of the press. In a department en« titled "Current Topics" he attracted wide and favorable attention, and became known to the entire editorial fraternity of the country. The art of paragraphing was then just beginning to be appreciated by the public, and few papers were more quoted than his, His editorial work wna by no means limited to paragraphing, Ho was frequently mentioned as the most Versatile and prolific journalist in the country. He served three years as editorial writer on The Buffalo Express, three years as managing editor of The Elmira Free Press—now Gov. Hill's paper, The Gazette and Free Press—and has been managing editor of The New York Graphic more than two years. In his present capacity he probably accomplishes daily more work, /tnd invariably excellent work, than any other editor, since the staff of The Graphic is small, and its editorials must be written in a shorter time than those of st afternoon papers, because it is issued before 12 o'clock noon. For & while The Graphic fell into less fortunate iays, but now, under new business management and first-class editorial pilotage, it ieems to have taken new life. Though never sensational, it is always spirited and interesting and it is one of the few newspapers that can be dignified without being lull. Mr.

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well formed, handsome man, whose manner is at once self-possessed and modest. He is a most interesting though unassertive talker. Those who know him best say that he has absolutely no offensive self-conceit, a remarkable absence in a man who has achieved so much and made as wide a reputation. He is in every sense entitled to the honora ble name of gentleman.

4$-Unlted States Senator from Ohio.

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Among the names prominently mentioned for a cabinet position under the incoming administration, that of "gentleman" George H. Pendleton is conspicuous. And at the age of CO, after 85 years of his life spent ia politics, though not always successful, few men are better entitled than Mr. Pendleton to a reward from his party. It is claimed by his friends that his speech in the senate on civil service reform, in 1882, compelled his opponents to adopt that measure, wjiicb proved afterwards to be one of the severest blows to them. Mr. Pendleton began public life in 1854, as a member of the state senate of uio. He represented Ohio in the national congress from 1857 to 1864, when he was the Democratic candidate for vice president on the ticket headed by George B. McClellan was a candidate for governor of Ohio in 1869, and in 1879 took bis seat in the United States senate. In private life Mr. Pendleton is held in the highest esteem. His wife is a lady of rare accomplishments. She was the daughter of Francis Scott Key, the author of "The Star Spangled Banner," and a niece of the great chief justice of the United States supreme court, Roger P. Taney. Their home is at Cincinnati, where Mr. Pendleton was born and has since resided.

United States Senator from Arkansas.

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GARLAND.

Though a native of Tennessee, Senator Garland's family removed to Arkansas in 1883, when he was but one year old. He received a collegiate education in Kentucky, and was admitted to the practice of law at the age of 20 years. He was a delegate to the state convention that passed the ordinance of secession in 1861, and subsequently served in both houses of the confederate congress. He was elected to the United States senate from Arkansas in 1866. In 1874 he was elected governor of Arkansas without opposition took his seat in the United States senate in 1877, and was re-elected in 1888, his term expiring in 1889. He is at present mentioned for the attorney generalship, or the supreme bench. Speaking of him the other day, Senator Palmer, of Michigan, •aid: "Garland is one of the ablest men in the senate. He is one of the finest southern gentlemen in Washington. He will be a credit to Mr. Cleveland's administration at far as ability goes."

St Paul Heraid: Isaac Clark, of Connecticut is 106 years old. If the good die yottfc in* th* IniuuMaa .of ttitohw

TRRBE HAUTE, INDIANA, 'THURSDAY. JANUARl 7. 1885.

Colossal ArotUtector*.

In no other city would it be possible tt find in so small an area so many magnificent buildings as in the lower or business section of ttie city of New York, their attractive architecture and massive construction giving evidence of the wealth and stability of the business enterprises centred thereiu.

THE NEW BUILDING OF THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. The most imposing of the recently erected structures is undoubtedly^ the new building of the Mutual Life Insurance company. It is situated on the historic site of the old Dutch church, which was used during the revolutionary war for religious purposes and later as a hospital. It was subsequently the New York post office. The present building is in the style of Italian Renaissance and rises 150 feet above the sidewalk. It was built with unprecedented speed, having been just one year in construction, employing during that time 800 men on an average. Tho cost, exclusive of the ground, was $1,500,000. The arrangements for lighting, heating and ventilation are marvels of engineering skilL

THE NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE.

This building, which will be completed on May 1, is another notable piece of architecture. The roof is 144 feet above the sidewalk. The main exchange room will be 70 by 108 feet and 36 feet high. Th building is fire proof throughout and contains throe elevators.

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THE POTTER BUILDING.

This stupendous structure now being constructed on the site of the old "World" building will be, as our illustration shows, *1 stories high and in height 9 feet higher than any other business structure in New York. It is the aim of the owner to make it as nearly fire proof as possible.

Whether the high price demanded for real estate or tha perfection of tha modern •kmAmt Has dona mart brfcae afaoofc jkbe

erection oi "sty scraper" buildings in Aew York is an open question at Any rate the motto among builders is "higher, still higher," which may continue until possibly a two-minute earthquake shock will bring the aspirations of architects to a lower level.

A Parisian Cause C««br«.

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MADAME CLOVIS-HUGHKS.

The trial of Mndame Hughes for the shooting of one M. Morin, a professional blackmailer, is tho exciting topic of the day in Paris. The affair is but one of the tragedies which has grown out of the granting of divorco privileges in the French republic, and is of interest from the' high standing ot the parties involved. Madame Hughes is a handsome woman, about 85 years of age, comes from a distinguished family, and it the wife of a member of the chamber oi deputies.

H« CouMn't Stead ft* C«14. [Detroit Free Press.] **Well, I'll be shot if this fcn't a Snifter!" be said as he entered a street car which was occupied solely by two women. "Haven't seen it as cold for 25 years," he continued, as he stamped up and down the aisle and rubbed his ears.

The women paid him no attention, and suddenly he paused and blurted out: "How on earth some folkses ears and feet can stand this weather, exposed as they are,, ismor^'n I can see. I should think a dayi like this would carry off half the female sex"

No reply was made, but one of the ladies arose and opened the rear door of the car and the two took se%ts close to it and began to fan themselves with newspapers. The old fellow watched them for about a minute and then bolted through the .door and dropped to the ground, and called to the driver: "Keep my old five cents and be hanged to you, but I won't ride in a car with no sich cranks if I lose my whole 24 toes!"

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THE YANKEE DOODLE COSTUME.

file Scattering of Mark Twain's Friends. [Utica Observer.] Mark Twain ascended the platform in Buffalo, and standing before a crowded audience, said: "Let me introduce a man whom you regard—whom I regard—as the greatest living modern writer of ancient fiction a man in whom all genius, all honor, all integrity, all virtue—and all vice—combine to make the perfect man. I forgot, his name is George W. Cable." Mr. Cable read a selection from "Dr. Sevier," and then proceeded to introduce Mark Twain, who referred to his former residence in Buffalo, as follows: Many changes -have taken place since I was a citizen of Buffalo. I miss— and we all miss—many friends. Some have gone to the tomb—some to the gallows—and some to the White house. Let us so live that in 1'\o uncertainty which attends this life we may be prepared for all three of these, fates."

Fast Railroading. [New York Sun.]

"Have you ever seen that train of white cars that makes the fast mail train from Chicago?" asked the engineer, as he munched a sandwich at a resting place. "No? Well, it's slicker than a' square yard of lightning, and it goes full pitch out of Chicago every morning at 3 o'clock. In my opinion it's about the fastest thing in this country Well, one of the mail clerks invited his wifa down to see the train start the conductor shouted 'all aboard,' and the clerk leaned over to kiss his wife, who was standing on the platform, and bless me if he didn't ki a a cow out at Riverside. Now, that's what 1 call fast railroading." .f..t

Tho Cowboy as He Is. [Bill Nye in Puck.]

(So much amusing talk is being made recently anent the blood-bedraggled cowboy of the wild west that I rise as one man to say a few things, not in a dictatorial style, but regarding this so-called or so esteemed dry land pirate who, mounted on a little cow-pony and under the black flag, sails out across the green surge of the plains to scatter the rocky shores of Time with his fel* low-man.

A great many people wonder where the cowboy, with his abnormal thirst for blood, originated. Where did this young Jesse James, with his gory record and his dauntless eye, come from? Was he born in a buffalo wallow at the foot of some rockribbed mountain, or did he first breathe the thin air along the brink of an alkali pond, where the horned toad and the centipede sang him to sleep, and the tarantula tickled him under the chin with its hairy legs?

Careful research and cold, hard statistics

sbow that the cowDoy, as a general tbing, was born in an unostentatious manner on the farm. I hate to sit down on a beautiful romance and squash the breath out of a romantic dream but the cowboy who gets too much moist damnation in his system, **»d rides on a gallop up and down Main street, shooting out the lights of the beautiful billiard palaces, would be just as happy if a mouse ran up his pantaloon-leg as you would gentle reader.

THE BLOOD-BEDRAGGLED COWBOY.

One night, while I had rooms in the business part of a territorial city in the Rocky Mountain cattle country, I was awakened at about 1 o'clock A. K. by the most bloodcurdling cry of "murder" I ever heard. It was irder with a big "M." Across tha street, in the bright light of a restaurant, a dozen cowboys with broad sombreros and flashing silver braid, huge leather chaperajas, Mexican spurs and orange silk neckties, witli flashing revolvers, were standing. It seemed that a big red-faced Capt Kidd of the band, with his skin full of valley tan, had marched into an ice-cream resort with a self-cocker in his hand, and ordered the vanilla coolness for the gang. There being a dozen young folks at the place, mostly male and female, from a neighboring hop, indulging in cream, the proprietor, a meek Norwegian with thin white hair, deemed it rude and outr4 to do so. He said something to that effect, whereat thp other eleven men of alcoholic courage let off a yell that froze the cream i?ito a solid glacier, and shook two kerosene lamps out of their sockets in the chandeliers.

This annoyed the ice cream agriculturist, and he took the old axe-handle that he used to jam the ice down around the freezer with, and peeled a large area of scalp off the leader's dome of thought, and it hung down over his eyes, so that ha could not see to shoot with any degree of accuracy.

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THE ICE CREAM AGRICULTURIST WITH THE AXE HANDLE.

After he had yelled "murder!" three or four times, he fell under an ide cream table, and the mild-eyed Scandinavian broke a silver-plated castor oYer the organ of self esteem, and poured red pepper and salt and vinegar and Hal ford sauce and other relishes on the place where the scalp was loose.

This revived the brave but murderous cow-gentleman, and be begged that he might be allowed to go away.

The gentle Y. M. C. A. superintendent of the ten-stamp ice-cream freezers then took the revolvers away from the bold buccaneer and kicked him out through a show-case.

Ail cowboys are not sanguinary but out of twenty JTOU will generally find one who is brave when he has his revolvers with him but when he forgot and left his shooters at home on the piano, the moea tropical violetoyed dude can climb him with the butt end of a sunfi wer, and beat l)is brains out and spatter them all over that school district.

WHEN THE COWBOY FORGETS HIS SHOOTERS.

In the wild unfettered west, beware of tha man who never carries arms, never gets drunk and always minds his own business. He don't go around shooting out the gas, or intimidating a Kindergarten school but when a brave frontiersman, with a revolver in each boot and a bowie down the back of his neck, insults a modest young lady, and needs to be thrown through a plate glass window and then walked over by the populace, call in the silent man who dares to wear a clean shirt and human clothes.

He Was Just Like Other Men. [Chicago News.] They were coming out of a dime museum. "I don't believe that wild man of Borneo is a wild man at all," she whispered. "Why not?" he asked. "He's civilized just like other men." "What makes you think sot" "Didn't you see the manager pay him a lot of money?" "Yes a $20 bill and a lot of small bills." "Well, didn't you notice how careful the wild man was to fold the $20 outsidef'

Norristown Herald: The Japan newspapers gave so details of the recent destructive typhoon in Yokohama. They simply said: "The typhoon wiped out the town. The Japanese reporters work by the day. If they had been on piece work they would have gone back a few thousand years to the time when the town waa founded, and given a history of the place op to the day it w*a Awtxm

The SqbtMr of Fact and Fan®y. iConon City

Mercury.]

The young lady who wore the costume of Pocahontas at the firemen's masquerade last Thursday evening, and in pink hosiery and kid slippers took the prize as the most realistically costumed lady present, may have been entitled to it in the minds of the judges, but popular opinion seems to think otherwise. At any rate she was not dressed like any Indian maiden we were ever intimate with. To those who are not familiar with the early days of this country the Indian maiden appears beautiful in her wild simplicity, wearing the fringed garment's of her tribe, as she stands outlined against the glorious sky dressed in a coronet cf eagles' feathers and a red health corset trimmed with bead work. Shall we then, with ruthless hand, shatter this beautiful picture which was represented so faithfully by the yoting lady the other even­

ing? Shall we portray the real Indian maiden, as we have seen her in all her unpoetic nature, clothed in a pair of soldier trousers, a horse blanket, with a necklace of the false teeth of the paleface, and her coarse, unkempt hair hanging over her smoky features and clinging to her warty, bony neck? No. no. Far be it from us to destroy the lovely vision of copper-colored grace and beauty, which the soft dude of the effete east has erected in the rose-hoed chambers of fancy. Let her dwell there as the plump-limbed princess of a brave people. Let her adorn the dormer window of his memory, proud, beautiful, grand, gaudy, and peculiar, as she was arrayed at last Thursday's masquerade. We will spare this ideal Indian maiden with a back comb and gold garters. Let her live in the memory of those who saw her the other evening, just as she was then, while the trua Indian maiden eats the fricassed locust of the plains and wears the plug hat of progress.

A Cannibal Christmas. [The Judge,]

What a merry, merry Christmas some of our missionaries on the coast of Africa must have. ,-v,•

A Bit of Truth Spoken in Jest* [New York Sun.] "How are you finding business, doctor*' was asked of a physician. "Capital," he replied. "I have all I can attend to." "I didn't understand that there was very much sickness about." "No, there isn't. But we physicians do not depend upon sickness for an income. Oh, my, no most of our money is made from people who have nothing the matter with them."

Just like Twins. [New York Sun.]

A slim youth, accompanied by a pug dog and chain attachment, meta young lady on Fifth avenue whom he knew.

He walked by her side until her residence

was gained, when she invited him in. "Aw-thawnks awfully much pleased, Pm suah," he said "but—er—the dog, y'know 'Oh, the dog won't make the slightest difference. Dear little fellow! Mamma will be glad to see you both."

Col. Wales.

[Merchant Traveler.]

The Prince of Wales beats a Kentuckian all to pieces. He is a colonel in sixteen regiments, and never was in a battle in his

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